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Caesarean Section.
Caesarean Section was performed 14 times 8 "Booked"
and 1 "Emergency" case at Mayday Hospital, and 5 "Booked"
cases at St. Mary's Maternity Hospital. In 7 cases the indication
was Contracted Pelvis and Disproportion, 4 Pre-eclamptic
Toxaemia, 2 Previous Caesarean Section, and 1 Placenta Praevia.
There was no maternal death and no still-birth. One baby
died at Mayday Hospital.
Caesarean Hysterectomy was performed once for Preeclamptic
Toxaemia at 24 weeks in an "Emergency" case at
Mayday Hospital.
Bipolar and Internal Version (3 cases).
Two "Emergency" cases at Mayday Hospital were thus treated
for Shoulder Presentation, and one "Booked" case at St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital was for Placenta Praevia. No mother died.
All the babies were stillborn.
Embryotomy.
Embryotomy was performed three times, once in a Mayday
Hospital "Booked" case and twice in Mayday Hospital "Emergency"
cases admitted for obstructed labour. There was no
maternal death.
Manual Removal of Placenta.
Manual Removal was performed 12 times. There were three
"Booked" cases at both Mayday Hospital and St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital. Of six "Emergency" cases at Mayday
Hospital, five were delivered before admission. No mother died.
One case in each category became pyrexial.
Maternal Morbidity.
All cases of pyrexia and all maternal deaths after delivery are
included as morbid, except cases dealt with for the first time as
Puerperal Sepsis after delivery elsewhere. These are given in
the Report of the Puerperal Isolation Wards.